Rocker.



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ROCKER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE8,1910.

983,758. Patented Feb.7, 1911.

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- To all whom it may concern:

ARTHUR L. PACKARD, OF AUBURN, MAINE.

ROCKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 1911.

Application filed June 8, 1910. Serial No. 565,702.

which form lateral limiting members and Be it known that ,rtu ri'jnn L: l faoiiixnn, 1 passing through the center of the tire is a a citizen ot the United States, residing at wire or rod 10 which is connected to the Auburn, 1n the county of ihuli-oscoggm and State of Maine, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Rockers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for rocking chairs, cribs, hobby horseaor the likeand the object of the invention i:-: the provision f a simple, cheap and cllicient device which may be readily attached to the rockers of a crib, rocking chair or hobby horse with case and which will provent a rocker from slipping or ma rring the floor and which will act as a shock absorber and prevent jars when the device is used upon an uneven floor.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the following specificdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawings which format part of this appli-, cation, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rocker. Fig. 2 is a detail bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. lis a detail sectional view on the line ll 0f lfiig. 2. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

.teterring more particularly to the drawing 1 represents the rocker and 2 the attachment which C'Oll'lPllSOS a metallic securing strip 3 and a rubber tire l which is socured thereto in a manner whichwill hereinafter be described. The metallic securing strip is constructed by bending a llat piece of metal 5 into loops 6 at its sidesaml bringing the free edges 7 underneath the body 5 of the strip, leaving a strip between the two :for the passage of securing screws 9 which are adapted to enter the rocker l.

The tire comprises the body (t which is plate by wires 11 whiclilpass through apertures 12 in the plate 5 and are wrapped aroundor looped over the rod 10. These connecting or fastening devices are an ranged ht intervals throughout the length of the rubber cushion and serve to freely hold sl1i l,,.(-ushim1 or tire upon the rim. 'lhe ti I tapers at its ends as ehown in Figs. 1 and it in order to reinforce the loops (3 heavy \vifcs or rods 13 are passed through the same and are connected at their ends to the motallic strip by soldering or in any other suitable manner. The tires terminate short of the ends of the strip so as to pound the attaching screws M to be easy of access.

Having thus described-the inventiomwluit is-i'claimed as new is;---

An attachment for rockers com 'irising a metallic rim having its sides bent into the form of loops and its side edges bent back parallel with the body, and leaving an opening between said cdg reinforcing 1nembcrs secured to the rim and lying in said loops, fastening devices passing through the opening and body to secure the rim to a rocker, a cushion tire mounted between the loops of the'rim and having tapered cards, a reinforcing member therein, and couuiaztions from said tire reinforcing mom. bers and the rim which comprise single strands of wire looped {wound-said rcinl'orcing member paescd through the body ot-the rim and twisted, said twisted portion lying in the opening between the edges.

in testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

A'lt'll IUR 1 PA ()K A 111). \Vitnesscs:

l lnznr. Ti. ARRIS, A. A. ROBINSON. 

